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spects, was just in bloom. The usual stock of popular plants 

 occupied the other compartments. Mr. Buist has now con- 

 nected with his nursery a seed store in Chestnut Street, where 

 he is prosecuting a thriving business. 



Garden of P. Blackenzie. — The new camellia house, which 

 had but just been completed at the time of our last visit, was 

 now stocked with one of the finest collections of plants we 

 have seen, embracing some superb specimens of candidissima, 

 tricolor, Lowii, Donckelaeru, double white, (fcc. Mr. Mac- 

 kenzie made a tour in England in 1844, and purchased many- 

 fine specimens, but, under his judicious management, they 

 have been greatly improved in size, form, health, and beauty. 

 Some of the double whites were one mass of foliage from the 

 pot up. Mr. Mackenzie has also been fortunate in being the 

 possessor of the fine collection of camellias made by the late 

 Mr. Campbell, who bequeathed the whole of them, valued at 

 fifteen hundred dollars, to Mr. Mackenzie. 



One house was completely crammed with azaleas, from 

 seedlings three inches high to very large plants. We have 

 just stated that Mr. Mackenzie has done a great deal towards 

 attaining a perfect form in the azalea, and we do not doubt 

 that, in the quantity of seedlings coming on, he will be ena- 

 bled to add some exquisite varieties to our collections. A. 

 Remingtonzi is a superb flower; but A. Mackenziedwa the 

 originator thinks the best of his seedhngs. The plants were 

 not yet in bloom. 



Among the things which struck our fancy, were two spe- 

 cies of acacia, A. pulchella and A. floribunda, the latter 

 dwarf and compact in habit, with linear leaves, the branches 

 wreathed with its yellow blossoms. Most of the acacias form 

 great tall straggling plants before they bloom, and are, there- 

 fore, illy adapted to amateur collections where there is only a 

 small greenhouse : but A, floribunda is not one of them ; for 

 many of the plants, not three feet high, were one mass of flow- 

 ers : so with A. pulchella, which has pinnate foliage. Another 

 fine object was Gesnera oblonga, a plant of free growth, and 

 spikes of tubular scarlet flowers. The roses were blooming 

 finely, and the whole collection we found in the very best order. 



Landreth and Fulton's Nurseries. — This old establishment, 

 we found, was about to come under the hammer, as the part- 



